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abroad

Meaning of “abroad”

Out of doors or away from one’s usual place; outward, away, or throughout a wide area.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
80 occurrences78 verses31 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 10:18

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Lamentations 1:20
Behold, O Lord; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 1:20 · retained source text

Behold, O LORD: for I am in distresse: my bowels are troubled: mine heart is turned within mee, for I haue grieuously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaueth, at home there is as death.

1611 marginal noteIsa.16.11. iere.48.36.

Ezekiel 34:21
Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 34:21 · retained source text

Because yee haue thrust with side and with shoulder, and pusht all the diseased with your hornes, till yee haue scattered them abroad:

Zechariah 1:17
Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the Lord shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Zechariah 1:17 · retained source text

Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hostes, My cities through prosperitie shall yet be spread abroad, and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Ierusalem.

1611 marginal noteHebr. good.

Zechariah 2:6
¶ Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the Lord.
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1611 witness · Zechariah 2:6 · retained source text

¶ Ho, ho, come foorth, and flee from the land of the North, saith the LORD: for I haue spread you abroad as the foure windes of the heauen, sayth the LORD.

Matthew 9:26
And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.
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1611 witness · Matthew 9:26 · retained source text

And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.

1611 marginal noteOr, this fame.

Matthew 9:31
But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 9:31 · retained source text

But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that countrey.

Matthew 9:36
¶ But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 9:36 · retained source text

¶ But when he saw the multitudes, he was moued with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheepe hauing no shepheard.

1611 marginal noteOr, were tyred and lay downe.

1611 marginal noteMar. 6.34.

1611 marginal noteNum.27.17.

Matthew 12:30
He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
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1611 witness · Matthew 12:30 · retained source text

He that is not with me, is against me: and hee that gathereth not with me, scattereth abroad.

Matthew 26:31
Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
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1611 witness · Matthew 26:31 · retained source text

Then saith Iesus vnto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night, For it is written, I will smite the Shepheard, and the sheepe of the flocke shall be scattered abroad.

1611 marginal noteMarke 14.27. iohn. 16.32.

1611 marginal noteZach. 13.7.

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Historical definitions

Out of one's house; away from home; from a distance.

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